Media Consolidation and ComplicityThe conscious and
intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and
opinions of the masses is an important element in
Democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen
mechanism of society constitute an invisible government
which is the true ruling power of our country. Our minds
are molded, our tastes are formed, our ideas suggested,
largely by men we have never
heard of.– Edward Bernays
(1891-1995) "Father" of modern public relations
(PR) and director of the U.S. Committee on Public Information
during World War I, on government propaganda__________________________________________________________________